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Stephen F. Austin's mascot is all real, and oh so popular

By Jill Painter, Los Angeles Daily News

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03/23/2014 05:33:17 PM EDT

Stephen F. Austin's mascot is all real, and oh so popular

SAN DIEGO -- Stephen F. Austin is trying on Cinderella's glass slippers for size.But one of the most popular men on the court wears cowboy boots, Wranglers, suspenders and a sleeveless flannel shirt and yields an ax. He has a scraggly playoff beard and mullet, too.Meet Blake Taylor, the official Lumberjacks mascot.Taylor wears the costume of one of the most unusual mascots because he's not hidden under a fluffy costume.Perhaps that's why pictures of the 21-year-old Texan went viral during ...

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